Well, there's the protester's story, the police's story, the news stories and then there's the truth. And I suspect there's a little bit of truth in all the accounts but none holds all the truth. I'm sure the protesters were not acting in a peaceful manner; I'm sure the police, charged with making sure there were NO incidents, moved in too fast. I'm sure the news people couldn't be every where and really get the whole story.
But that really isn't what bothered me as a citizen and resident. It was the police presence EVERYWHERE. St. Paul and Minneapolis are relatively quiet, peaceful places and a political convention is prolly unlikely to turn everyone into wild rioters. Sporting events, perhaps; politics? Well, we generally get a high turnout but usually we only average around 40-60 percent for elections, fergossakes. I think once Bush decided not to attend, the police ramped down their gestapo strategies. I'm sure there were worries about agitators coming to town, but did they have to make life hard for us?
Yeah, I am not impressed with Sarah Palin one bit. I can see why McCain picked her. She does neutralize Obama-Biden forces, but that is going to bite him in the endif her presence silences debate to the point that things end up dead in the water. Then once again, the dreaded news media, with nothing to do, will get up to mischief again, finding out things no one wants anyone to know, just to have something to do. ;-). You'd think a seasoned veteran of national politics would know this stuff.
And besides she distracts attention from him. Why would any thinking candidate want that to happen?
Her creationism is just plain kooky. That is my one issue with the Christian right. They can have their opinions and I consider myself a Christian whose views tilt in that direction, but I can't buy into their manic creationist and anti-gay stances. The fact that they refuse to live and let live sort of throws water on their faith, IMO.
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But that really isn't what bothered me as a citizen and resident. It was the police presence EVERYWHERE. St. Paul and Minneapolis are relatively quiet, peaceful places and a political convention is prolly unlikely to turn everyone into wild rioters. Sporting events, perhaps; politics? Well, we generally get a high turnout but usually we only average around 40-60 percent for elections, fergossakes. I think once Bush decided not to attend, the police ramped down their gestapo strategies. I'm sure there were worries about agitators coming to town, but did they have to make life hard for us?
Yeah, I am not impressed with Sarah Palin one bit. I can see why McCain picked her. She does neutralize Obama-Biden forces, but that is going to bite him in the endif her presence silences debate to the point that things end up dead in the water. Then once again, the dreaded news media, with nothing to do, will get up to mischief again, finding out things no one wants anyone to know, just to have something to do. ;-). You'd think a seasoned veteran of national politics would know this stuff.
And besides she distracts attention from him. Why would any thinking candidate want that to happen?
Her creationism is just plain kooky. That is my one issue with the Christian right. They can have their opinions and I consider myself a Christian whose views tilt in that direction, but I can't buy into their manic creationist and anti-gay stances. The fact that they refuse to live and let live sort of throws water on their faith, IMO.